Mr. Culberson
introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on the
Judiciary

JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States relating to the use of foreign law as authority in Federal
courts.

That the following article is proposed as
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to
all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the
legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after
the date of its submission for ratification:

—1.

Any legal opinion or ruling issued by any
court in the United States, including those rulings and opinions issued by the
Supreme Court of the United States, shall be based only on the United States
Constitution, or on duly enacted statutes and domestic case law of the United
States or any State and shall not be based on international laws, treaties, or
religious laws.